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Edsger W. Dijkstra
“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code. ”
Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger W. Dijkstra
“By claiming that they can contribute to software engineering, the soft scientists make themselves even more ridiculous. (Not less dangerous, alas!) In spite of its name, software engineering requires (cruelly) hard science for its support.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra

Nick  Black
“...if you aren't, at any given time, scandalized by code you wrote five or even three years ago, you're not learning anywhere near enough”
Nick Black

Edsger W. Dijkstra
“I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger W. Dijkstra
“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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